Ernie Chen's Favorite Non-Fiction

a list by Ernie Chen, avid reader
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The books I've included are ones that I couldn't put down. For me each and every one of these titles was a total page-turner, one that kept me up well into the night with the bedside light turned on, glasses perched on the bridge of my nose and no need for a cup of coffee to keep myself awake.

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Ernie_Chens_Favorite_NonFiction/The_Rise_of_the_Creative_Class_And_How_Its_Transforming_Work_Leisure_Community_and_Everyday_Life');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0465024777'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Ernie_Chens_Favorite_NonFiction/The_Rise_of_the_Creative_Class_And_How_Its_Transforming_Work_Leisure_Community_and_Everyday_Life');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0465024777'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life

by Richard Florida

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Ernie_Chens_Favorite_NonFiction/A_Prayer_for_the_City');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0679744940'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Ernie_Chens_Favorite_NonFiction/A_Prayer_for_the_City');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0679744940'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">A Prayer for the City

by Buzz Bissinger

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Ernie_Chens_Favorite_NonFiction/A_Prayer_for_the_City');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0679744940'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Ernie_Chens_Favorite_NonFiction/A_Prayer_for_the_City');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0679744940'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 448 page paperback |$10.85 |29 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Ernie_Chens_Favorite_NonFiction/Into_Thin_Air_A_Personal_Account_of_the_Mt_Everest_Disaster');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0385494785'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Ernie_Chens_Favorite_NonFiction/Into_Thin_Air_A_Personal_Account_of_the_Mt_Everest_Disaster');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0385494785'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

by Jon Krakauer

If you're at all a fan of the genre, it's hard to imagine that you haven't read this one yet but I included it on the off chance you haven't gotten to it yet. A word of warning? Don't start this one unless you've got a 4 or 5 hour window open in front of you. You won't set it down until you're done.

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This book also appears on True Tales of Survival
 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Ernie_Chens_Favorite_NonFiction/All_the_Presidents_Men');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0671894412'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Ernie_Chens_Favorite_NonFiction/All_the_Presidents_Men');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0671894412'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">All the President's Men

by Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Ernie_Chens_Favorite_NonFiction/Young_Men_and_Fire');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0226500624'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Ernie_Chens_Favorite_NonFiction/Young_Men_and_Fire');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0226500624'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Young Men and Fire

by Norman MacLean

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Ernie_Chens_Favorite_NonFiction/Young_Men_and_Fire');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0226500624'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Ernie_Chens_Favorite_NonFiction/Young_Men_and_Fire');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0226500624'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 316 page paperback |$10.88 |75 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Ernie_Chens_Favorite_NonFiction/The_Last_Amateurs_Playing_for_Glory_and_Honor_in_Division_I_College_Basketball');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0316278424'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Ernie_Chens_Favorite_NonFiction/The_Last_Amateurs_Playing_for_Glory_and_Honor_in_Division_I_College_Basketball');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0316278424'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">The Last Amateurs: Playing for Glory and Honor in Division I College Basketball

by John Feinstein

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Ernie_Chens_Favorite_NonFiction/Master_of_the_Senate_The_Years_of_Lyndon_Johnson');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0394720954'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Ernie_Chens_Favorite_NonFiction/Master_of_the_Senate_The_Years_of_Lyndon_Johnson');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0394720954'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson

by Robert A. Caro

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